bowl

Inside of Spalted elm bowl with carved craters accented by pyrography. Gloss enamel finish. 8 1/2" diameter , 2 1/2" tall

This piece of figured Mongolia is from a crotch it is about 8 inches long and 3 inches tall. Comments and critiques welcome.

This a bowl made out of Mongolia with an ogee curve and a small foot. The dimensions of this piece are about 18 inches wide by 8 inches tall. This bowl was also turned wet and warped a bit. Coments and critiques welcome.

I spent many hours on this and it is so far my finest piece of work. It is southern magnolia and the leaves were templated from ones picked off a magnolia in my yard. The finish is oil based urethane and artist acrylic paint.

Turned from dry stock that I acquired from a former gunstock maker in California

7" cherry bowl. Turned carved and painted with blues, greens and touch of orange.

The outside scallops were created with a jig saw. All other shapes and piercings were done with power carving. The embellishment is fan brushing acrylic paint over black ink. Clear matt enamel final finish. The bottom engraving was by laser. 6 1/2" diameter, 2 1/2" tall.

bottom of the bowl showing feather in grain

NE bowl from a maple crotch

I had a large chunk of Madrone Burl, all dried and ready to turn so I cut most of it into box blanks but saved a piece to make a bowl. Here is the result. Sanded to 600 grit and finished with wax. Size is approx. 7 inches in diameter and 2.25 inches tall. Figure is really nice on this one! I...

This is a shallow bowl made of mulberry that has warped because it was turned wet and it is about 11 inches wide and 3 inches tall.

Big leaf curly maple. Turned wet. Dried and finished with danish oil.

First time carving a turning. My name for this particular maple tree is "tear out maple". Seems no matter what I do, I get tear out. West coast big leaf maple. Artist's fixative and Boiled Linseed Oil.

This is a bowl made out of Norfolk Island pine. It is about 9 inches wide and 4 inches deep. It had about 6 coats of boiled linseed oil to make it translucent. It was very hard to show in the photo but light does shine through it. Comments and critiques welcome.

This is a bowl made out of redwood burl about 9 inches wide and 3 inches tall. Comments and critiques welcome.

This is a bowl made out of redwood burl about 9 inches wide and 3 inches tall. Comments and critiques welcome.

A mulberry natural edge bowl about 9 inches by 5 inches with some beautiful figure in it. Comments and critiques welcome.

A mulberry natural edge bowl about 9 inches by 5 inches with some beautiful figure in it. Comments and critiques welcome.

A little Christmas bowl made from birch. Carved and painted with acrylic.

I made this project during an IRD to help me in the kitchen now that Fall is here, and I'll be spending more time creating my favorite dishes. The pestle is made from figured maple, and I'm not sure about the mortar, although it does have beautiful fiddleback and chatoyancy.